Homeopathic Remedies

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Remedy
Aconite
(pronounced
Ackonite)
Apis mel
Argent nit
Arnica
(pronounced
Aah-nicker)

Traditional Use by Homeopaths

Symptoms are sudden, violent brief - anxiety,
fear, restlessness, grief - high temperature with
great thirst - Insomnia
Insect stings. Burning, stinging pains. Swelling
of lower eyelids. Absence of thirst
Colic. Headache. Dizziness

Use after any injury. Bruises. Sprains. Physical

Arnica is also a very
exhaustion. Insomnia due to over tiredness.
popular herbal remedy.
Muscles ache all over

Arsen alb

Upset stomach. Vomiting. Diarrhoea (as from

food poisoning). Cramps in calves.

Belladonna

Brightly flushed face. Swollen joints. Vertigo.

Facial neuralgia. Severe throbbing headache.
Dry hacking cough. acne

Bryonia

Irritability. Dryness. Dry painful cough. Dry

lips. Thirst especially for cold drinks.

Calc carb

Cracked skin in the winter. Period pains.

Itching skin. Premenstrual tension. Toothache.
Vertigo. Insomnia.

Calc fluor

Head colds with thick greenish-yellow

discharge.Catarrh. Croup. Toothache.

Cantharis
Carbo veg
Chamomilla
Cocculus
Colocynthis

Notes

Burns and scalds before blisters form; sunburn

Indigestion with excessive flatulence.
Hoarseness. Loss of voice. Tinnitus with
nausea and vertigo.
Teething; irritability and restlessness; colic;
green slimey diarrhoea
Travel sickness; nausea with hollow sensation
in stomach; nausea during pregnancy
Colic; stomach pains; flatulence; cramp;

stitching pain
Euphrasia

Cold with watery eyes and streaming nose.

Hayfever

Gelsemium

Gelsemium is still used

Influenza. Sneezing. Sore throat. Symptoms of by professional medical
flushing, aching, trembling. Weary with heavy herbalist but is not
aching muscles. Runy nose. Vertigo.
available over the
counter.

Graphites

Unhealthy skin. Cracked finger tips.

Constipation. Tinnitus. Earache. Sinus trouble.
Dandruff

Hepar sulph

Skin highly sensitive. Acne. Croup. Earache.

Hypericum

Painful cuts and wounds. Lacerated wounds

involving nerve endings. (after consultation
with a medical professional)l

Ignatia

Fright. Prolonged grief. Sore throat. Piercing

headache.Insomnia

Kali phos

Mental tiredness from overwork. Nervous

exhaustion. Nervous indigestion. Loss of
voice. Hoarseness. Giddiness from exhaustion
and weakness

Lycopdium

Irritability. Fear of failure. Period pain.

Premenstrual tension. Hiccough with acidity.

Mixed Pollen Hayfever when triggered by pollen

Nat mur

Sneezy cold. Runny nose. Vertigo.

Premenstrual tension. Housemaid's knee

Nux vom

For over indulgence in food and alcohol.

Itching piles. Stuffy colds. Vertigo.
Constipation. Raw throat

Phosphorous Dry cough; hypersensitivity; night sweats

Pulsatilla

Premenstrual tension. Catarrh. Styes.

Menopause. Acne. Tinnitus

Rhus tox

Rheumatic aches and pains. Over-exertion.

Pain in ligaments. Tickling cough

Ruta grav

Injuries to bones. Fractures, dislocations.

Sprains of wrists and ankles. Eye strain.
Urticaria

Silicea

Physical and mental debility due to exertion.

Boils, abscesses, acne. Bunions. Chronic

Hypericum is also known

as St John's Wort.

headaches. Sinus trouble

Sulphur

Thuja

Unhealthy looking skin. Tendency to skin

disease. Itching skin. Acne. Insomnia Tinnitus
Lack of energy

Warty growths. Morning headaches

Thuja herbal tincture is

used for its anti-viral
properties to treat warts
and can be prescribed by
a qualified medical
herbalist.

The following substances are commonly used in homeopathy today.

Homeopathic
name

Substance

Common name

Claimed homeopathic use

Homeopathic
potency

Aconite

Aconitum napellus

Monkshood,
Monk's Blood,
shock, influenza and fevers
Fuzi, Wolf's Bane

Aesculus
hippocastanum

Aesculus
hippocastanum

Horse-chestnut

Anthracinum,
Anthracinum
bovum,
Anthracinum
suum

Anthrax poison
extracted from the
spleen of affected
sheeps

All types of furuncles (like

Acne, carbuncles, malignant
pustules), septic wounds,
6X 30X
grangrenous degenerations,
anthrax poisoning,

Allium cepa

Onion

itching eyes, lachrymation,

allergies, hayfever

3x to 30c

Skin conditons, Minor

lethargy

All potencies 6c
to CM

Antimony tartrate

Impetigo

6c to 200c

Argentum
nitricum

Silver nitrate

Fear, anticipation,
apprehension, nervous
excitement, exam nerves

6c to 200c

Arnica

Arnica montana

Leopard's bane

shock and bruising

all potencies 6c
to CM

Arsenicum album Arsenic trioxide

White arsenic

colds/flu, diarrhoea, food

poisoning

all potencies 6c
to CM

Baptisia

Baptisia tinctoria

Wild Indigo;
horseflyweed

fevers

all potencies 6c
to CM

Belladonna

Atropa belladonna

Deadly

high fevers with redness &

all potencies 6c

Antimonium
Arsenicate
Antimonium
tartaricum

6c, 30c, 200c

haemorrhoids and varicose tincture as

veins
ointment, 3c, 6c

nightshade

delirium

to CM

Bellis perennis

Bellis perennis

Common Daisy

healing of cuts and wounds 6c to 200c

Bryonia

Bryonia alba

White bryony

fevers, joint pains, coughs

and pleurisy

all potencies 6c
to CM

Calcarea
carbonica

Oyster shell

Calcium
carbonate

Indigestion, Acidity

all potencies 6c
to CM

Calendula

Calendula officinalis Marigold

healing of wounds

tincture, 3c, 6c

Chamomilla

Matricaria
chamomilla

teething in infants

3c, 6c, 30c

German
Chamomile

Cholera (used by
Hahnemann on a 1831
cholera outbreak on Central
Europe, and by Dr. Quin in
1854 London's epidemic )

Camphor

Cinnamomum
camphora

Colocynthis

Citrullus colocynthis

Cuprum
metallicum

Copper

Digitalis

Digitalis purpurea

Drosera

Drosera rotundifolia Sundew

Dulcamara

Solanum dulcamara

Ferrum
phosphoricum

Squirting
cucumber

Diarrhoea

6c to 200c

Cholera, diarrhoea, griping

in the guts

6c to 200c

Heart conditions, angina

6c to 30c

a cough remedy

6c, 30c

Woody
nightshade

wide range of chronic

ailments

all potencies 6c
to CM

Iron phosphate

Ferr phos

haemorrhages and
nosebleeds

3x, 6x, 6c, 30c

Gelsemium

Gelsemium
sempervirens

Yellow jasmine

joint pains and fevers

all potencies 6c
to CM

Glonoinum

Nitroglycerine

Facial neuralgias

all potencies 6c
to CM

Foxglove

Graphite

Itching cracked skin,

eczema, psoriasis

all potencies 6c
to CM

Hamamelis

Hamamelis viginiana Witch-hazel

haemorrhoids, varicose
veins

tincture and low

potencies 3x,
3c, 6c

Hepar sulfuris
calcareum

Calcium sulfide

Hepar sulf

wide range of chronic

ailments, boils, abscesses

all potencies 6c
to CM

Ignatia amara

Strychnos ignatii

St. Ignatius Bean recovery from grief

Kalium
bichromicum

Potassium
dichromate

thick secretions from the

all potencies 6c
used in Head-on mucous membranes of the
to CM
sinuses and respiratory tract

Lachesis

Lachesis muta

Bushmaster
snake

wide range of uses

all potencies 6c
to CM

Ledum

Ledum palustre

Marsh Tea

bites, stings, punctured

wounds

all potencies 6c
to CM

Lycopodium

Lycopodium
clavatum

Wolf's foot,
clubmoss

wide range of chronic use

all potencies 6c
to CM

Mercurius vivus

Mercury (element)

wide range of chronic

ailments

all potencies 6c
to CM

varied chronic uses;

irritable, touchy, dislikes
consolation

6c to 10M

Graphites

all potencies 6c
to CM

Natrum
muriaticum

Sodium chloride

Natrum mur;
table salt

Natrum
sulphuricum

Sodium sulphate

Natrum sulph

asthma, headaches, worse

for damp, warts

6c to 10M

Nux vomica

Strychnos nuxvomica

Strychnine tree

nausea, hangovers,
substance abuse & chronic
ailments

all potencies 6c
to CM

Oscillococcinum

Cairina moschata

Muscovy duck

colds/flu; (rarely used

outside France and US; not

generally 30c,

liver
Petroleum

Crude oil

Phosphorus

Phosphorus

Picricum acidum Picric acid

liver

notable)

200c

Skin affections, eczema,

psoriasis

all potencies 6c
to CM

Phos

wide range of chronic

ailments

all potencies 6c
to CM

Picric acid

Water retention, Confusion tincture to 200c

all potencies 6c
to CM

Pulsatilla

Pasque flower

Wind flower

various childhood,
menstrual and chronic
ailments

Rhus
toxicodendron

Toxicodendron
radicans

Poison ivy

joint pains and fevers

all potencies 6c
to CM

Rue

trauma or sprain of the

ligaments; conditions
involving the tendons,
fibrous tissue, or
periosteum; joint stiffness,
eye strain

4x to CM

all potencies 6c
to CM

Ruta

Ruta graveolens

Sepia

Cuttlefish ink

many female problems

Silicea

Flint

Various chronic conditions, all potencies 6c

sensitivity to cold
to CM

Sulphur

Sulfur

chronic ailments, skin

all potencies 6c
complaints, general debility to CM

Thea Sinensis /
leafs of tea plant
Camellia Sinensis

neurologics (insomny,
nightmares), digestives
(dyspepsia caused by
drinking tea often)

5C to 15C

Thuja

warts & chronic conditions

all potencies 6c
to CM

Thuja occidentalis

Urtica urens

Stinging Nettle

Bites and stings

mostly 3c, 6c,

30c

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